List of The Bill characters

Current cast

Senior Officers

Uniform

Inspector Gina Gold (Uniform Co-Ordinator) (Roberta Taylor)
Superintendent John Heaton (Station Commander) (Daniel Flynn)

C.I.D.

DCI Jack Meadows (Detective in Command) (Simon Rouse) — Has been Acting Superintendent
DI Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel)

Other recurring characters

DCI Frank Keane. Keane is a Detective Chief Inspector with the Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) and takes over investigations into the conduct of both serving and retired Police Officers. He recently was involved in the investigation into Louise Larson as it was believed that Sgt. Smith was the murderer. Keane is also the father of PC Emma Keane.
Mia Perry. Perry is the Metropolitan Police Service's Press Officer and has recently been making a recurring appearance when there are big investigations going on within Sun Hill. She was recently involved in the Louise Larson case and also the Bombastic Nightclub disaster. Mia is also engaging in a relationship with DC Mickey Webb.
BC Adam Okaro (Borough Commander) (Cyril Nri) - Formerly lower rank of Superintendent.

Upcoming

Sgt. Nikki Wright (Gillian Taylforth) ^{[citation needed]}
PC Diane Noble (Kaye Wragg) ^{[citation needed]}

Former Characters

Senior Unifom Officers

Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow (Peter Ellis)
Superintendent Tom Chandler(Steven Hartley) [Deceased]
Chief Inspector Derek Conway (Ben Roberts) [Deceased (car was firebombed shortly prior to the Sun Hill 2002 explosion)]
Ch. Insp. Philip Cato (Philip Whitchurch) [resigned]

Senior CID Officers

DCI Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison)
DCI Gordon Wray (Clive Wood) [transferred]
DCI Kim Reid (Carolyn Pickles) [transferred to MS15 - Internal Investigations]

Detective Inspectors

DI Chris Deakin (Shaun Scott) [forcibly transferred]
DI Alex Cullen (Ged Simmons) [transferred]
DI Roy Galloway (John Salthouse)

Uniform Inspectors

Inspector Monroe (Colin Tarrant) [deceased (killed in the explosion during the riots at the station. PC Des Taviner was later arrested for throwing the petrol bomb which caused the explosion)]
Insp. Christine Frazer (Barbara Thorn) [transferred]

Detective Sergeants

DS Don Beech (Billy Murray)
DS Jo Morgan (Mary Jo Randle) [deceased] Shot by gangsters
DS Debbie McAllister (Natalie Roles) [resigned]
DS Ted Roach (Tony Scannell) [Resigned — since died by stepping out in front of a car)]
DS/Acting DI Alistair Greig (Andrew Mackintosh) [transferred]
DS Rosie Fox (Caroline Catz) [deceased]
DS/Acting DI Geoff Daly (Ray Ashcroft) [transferred]
DS John Boulton (Russell Boulter) [murdered]
DS Ramani DeCosta (Community Safety Co-Ordinator) (Thusitha Jayasundera) — formerly head of the Vulnerable Person's unit, and formerly acting detective inspector. [transferred]

Uniform Sergeants

Sergeant Matthew Boyden (Tony O'Callaghan) [deceased (shot)] After twelve years in Sun Hill Boyden was shot dead by his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend (at her request).
Sergeant Bob Cryer (Eric Richard) [retired on injuries]
Sgt. Craig Gilmore (Hywel Simons) [transferred]
Sgt. Alec Peters (Larry Dann) [now works in admin, although was retired when attending Ted Roach's Funeral]

Detective Constables

DC Ken Drummond (Russell Floyd) [deceased]
DC Danny Glaze (Karl Collins) [Emigrated — wanted for conspiracy/theft]
DC Duncan Lennox (George Rossi) [transferred to M.I.T.]
DC Alfred 'Tosh' Lines (Kevin Lloyd) [transferred to Coroner's Office] (The actor playing PC Steve Hunter is actually Kevin Lloyd's son, but the characters themselves are not related.
DC Jim Carver (Mark Wingett) As mentioned above, Carver was the subject of Woodentop. He left Sun Hill in early 2005 in order to sort out his life. He has transferred, and has contacted Sgt Ackland since. Wingett (actor) has hinted a possible return.
DC Gary Best (Ciaran Griffiths) [transferred to Greater Manchester Police after being shot in a drug raid]
DC Kate Spears (Tania Emery) [deceased (killed in the 2001 explosion)]
DC Suzi Croft (Kerry Peers) [transferred]
DC Alan Woods (Tom Cotcher) [transferred]
DC Viv Martella (Nula Conwell) [deceased (the first Sun Hill officer to be killed in the line of duty, 26/03/93)]
DC Rod Skase (Iain Fletcher) [resigned]
DC/Acting DI Liz Rawton (Libby Davison) [transferred]
DC Rob Thatcher (Brian Bovell) [deceased (shot by S019 after killing Irene Radford)]
DC Tom Proctor (Gregory Donaldson) [transferred]
DC Eva Sharpe (Diane Parish) [transferred to MIT]

Police Constables

PC Steve Hunter (James Lloyd) [transferred]
PC Eddie Santini (Michael Higgs) [Murdered]
PC Ken Melvin (Mark Powley) (gentle Christian, killed in an explosion)
PC Luke Ashton (Scott Neal) [transferred]
PC Cathy Bradford (Connie Hyde) [sectioned / resigned]
PC Dave Quinnan (Andrew Paul) [transferred]
PC Sheelagh Murphy (Bernadette Nolan). She was made a scapegoat, being demoted from Sergeant after forcing a Rastafarian to give a sample, allegedly violating the suspect's religion although he was drinking in equal violation of his professed religion. [transferred]
PC Dan Casper (Chris Jarvis) [transferred]
PC Steve Loxton (Tom Butcher) [resigned — became a private security contractor in Manchester, which was not going well]
PC Timothy Able (Mark Haddigan) [resigned]
PC Cathy Marshall (Lynne Miller) [drowned]
PC Nick Shaw (Chris Walker) [transferred]
PC Gabriel Kent (Todd Carty) [Real name David Kent deceased
PC Andrea Dunbar (Natalie J. Robb) Also working as a journalist [deceased]
PC Nick Klein (Rene Zagger) [in Witness Protection]
PC Polly Page (Lisa Geoghan) resigned
PC Cameron Tait (Daniel MacPherson) resigned
PC Vicky Hagen (Samantha Robson) [transferred]
PC Gemma Osbourne (Jane Danson) [resigned]
PC Nick Slater (Alan Westaway) [transferred]
PC Des Taviner (Paul Usher) deceased
PC Kerry Young (Beth Cordingly) deceased (murdered by a sniper shot from PC Gabriel Kent)
PC Phil Young (Colin Alldridge) (killed himself)
PC Lance Powell (Ofo Uhiara) deceased {murdered by a serial killer)
PC Amber Johannsen (Myfanwy Waring){Resigned}
PC Tony 'Yorkie' Smith (Robert Hudson){Resigned, but later became a DC with South Yorkshire Police}
PC George Garfield (Huw Higginson) {Resigned, left to go travelling}
PC Sam Harker (Matthew Crompton) {Died, cardiac arrest after The Sun Hill Fire}
PC Cass Rickman (Suzanne Maddock) {Murdered by Pat Kitson}
PC Laura Bryant (Melanie Kilburn) (Resigned, due to family reasons)
PC Barry Stringer (Jonathan Dow) (Transferred)
PC Jamila Blake (Lolita Chakrabarti)
PC Adam Bostock (Carl Brincat) (Resigned)
PC Claire Brind (Kelly Lawrence)
PC Ruby Buxton (Nicola Alexis) (Resigned)
PC Francis 'Taffy' Edwards (Colin Blumenau) (Transferred)
PC Suzanne Ford (Vicky Gee-Dare)
PC Ben Hayward (Ben Peyton) (Deceased)
PC Mike Jarvis (Stephen Beckett) (Transferred)
PC Debbie Keane (Andrea Mason) (Transferred)
SC Terry Knowles (Alex Avery) (Deceased)
PC Dave Litten (Gary Olsen]) (Transferred)
PC Abe Lyttleton (Ronnie Cush) (Transferred) Notable for being the first Black officer in the series.
PC Ken Melvin (Mark Powley) (Deceased)
PC Pete Muswell (Ralph Brown) (Resigned)
PC Danesh Patel (Sonesh Sira)
PC Pete Ramsey (Nick Reding) (Deceased)
PC Ron Smollet (Nick Stringer) (Resigned/Possibly Deceased)
PC Cameron Tait (Daniel MacPherson) (Resigned)
PC Richard Turnham (Chris Humphreys) (Transferred)
PC Di Worrell (Jane Wall) (Deceased)

Current cast

Police Constables

Criminal Investigation Dept - Detective Constables

Sergeants

Senior Officers

Uniform

C.I.D.

Other recurring characters

Upcoming

Former Characters

Senior Unifom Officers

Senior CID Officers

Detective Inspectors

Uniform Inspectors

Detective Sergeants

Uniform Sergeants

Detective Constables

Police Constables

Other

See also